Sidford Folk Dance Club (founded in 1961!)

This page was updated on 6 April 2026.

Folk dancing to recorded or live music Tuesday evenings at Sidford Social Hall, 8 to 10.15pm, September to May.

There was no dancing from March 2020 to January 2022 owing to covid-19. The club restarted on 1 February 2022. We still allow for good ventilation.

The SPECIAL EVENING held on 1 October 2024 was a 90th birthday party for Denis.  link to new page - denis.htm.

Sidford Social Hall can comfortably accommodate 60 to 70 dancers. In the old days (20 years ago) we used to attract 75 people every week. Now, numbers are around 16 to 25 each week. Many smaller dance clubs in Devon and elsewhere in the UK have closed down - Sidford aims to keep going! The hall is situated near to the traffic lights at the junction of the A3052 and A375 at Sidford, on the outskirts of Sidmouth. There is adequate on-street parking. Access is either down Drakes Ave or Warrens Mead, as shown. We would welcome new members! Why not give it a try? Dance instruction is available! You don't need a partner - you can just turn up. The ages of our dancers are typically 50 to 80 but all ages are welcome. Separate dance instruction at a venue of your choice is available for people who are new to dancing - click here.

Dance evenings start at 8.00pm and end at c.10.15pm.

You can download this 2025/26 programme as a jpg image.

Christmas Dance 2019.

The band for the evening was the ever popular Fresh Aire from Somerset. Jane Thomas called the dances.

Pictures from 2014 and 2016 are here.

You can check the date and time of most folk dance and folk song events in Devon. For events in Somerset - click here.

Basic folk dance moves are explained here.

Once you are reasonably competent you will feel at home at the regular Willand Thursday or Saturday dances.
Also, you might enjoy the Exeter ceilidhs held at the Kenn Centre, at Kennford near Exeter, EX6 7TW. A five year review of these (2021 to 2026) is available here.

Many other useful folk dance links are here .

Enquiries for Sidford Folk Dance Club: please telephone Helen on (01395) 514161 or Val on (01395) 568336.

To contact the owner of this website please email: stevewozniak42 (AT) hotmail.com. Obviously, replace (AT) by @.

We would welcome new members of all ages - as noted above, you don't need to come with a partner and we have experienced dancers who will help you. Some of us could also introduce you to American Square dance - held in nearby Newton Poppleford. Again, the Square Dance club would welcome complete novices as well as experienced dancers - please phone Val (as above). As for what to wear for any informal dance event, here is some advice. Separate dance instruction at a venue of your choice is also available - click here.